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[-] mox@lemmy.sdf.org 88 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

The right answer is definitely not landfill.

Most people use their computers to run a web browser, maybe a word processor or media player, and... not much else. Even someone who has only used Windows can figure out those basics on a Linux desktop.

If the charities are unable/unwilling to provide support for Linux, they could give computers away on Craigslist before dumping more e-waste into our environment.

[-] earphone843@sh.itjust.works 27 points 16 hours ago

My wife's 90 year old grandma was able to pick up Mint with absolutely no issue. Just put the shit she needed on the desktop and that was that.

[-] MooseyMoose@lemmy.world 15 points 16 hours ago

I did that for my grandmother with FreeBSD many moons ago, on a Pentium3 no less. It ran for years and years like a champ. Booted straight into PySol since that was pretty much all she ever did on a computer.

[-] muhyb@programming.dev 3 points 13 hours ago
[-] ptz@dubvee.org 30 points 17 hours ago

Even someone who has only used Windows can figure out those basics on a Linux desktop.

You'd think....

[-] ChilledPeppers@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

Lol, I switched to kde plasma and because the windows logo bottom left was replaced with a K, neither my dad or my sister knew how to shut down the pc 🤦‍♀️

[-] hollyberries@programming.dev 11 points 15 hours ago

Edge is on Linux (bottom of the page). Throw a windoze skin on KDE and it would be like they never left.

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